Budgeting, budgeting and more budgeting – a daunting but necessary evil for multifamily owners and operators when it comes to ensuring financial success of a portfolio. And typically after every budget season, owners and operators ask themselves “isn’t there a better way?” Thankfully, at this year’s 2013 NAA Education Conference and Expo, budgeting and revenue management will be tackled head-on...

Dear Apartment Industry Colleagues,When he eventually pens his memoirs, it is safe to say that the President will not look upon the spring of 2013 with much fondness. The White House now fights an investigations and public relations battle on three fronts – more questions about the Administration’s handling of the attacks on the U.S. Embassy in Benghazi, revelations about Department of Justice...

My Dad has been a high school English teacher for over 30 years. Naturally, he couldn’t help but teach his own daughter a few things, too.
1. All of life’s answers can be found in “To Kill a Mockingbird.” My Dad is a faithful husband, but if he crossed paths with the 87-year-old author, Harper Lee, I would most likely have a stepmother. He dedicates approximately three months of each school year...

Ask any maintenance technician how they ended up in their current position and inevitably there will be a statement similar to: “I kind of fell into it”. In other words, this job is not one that often lends itself to being a “destination” type career. How often is there a booth at a Career Fair advertising the apartment maintenance field?
Similar to the upkeep required on a swimming pool, a...